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How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... breaking not one but both rules "simultaneously", as was the case with Opes Prime, Westpoint and, the mother of all financial fraud in recent history, Madoff's feeder funds. That's why it's prime time that investors get back to basics and understand ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... information about illegal schemes to take money out of super, how to identify them and tips and pointers to minimise the risk of fraud on a super fund. The process to contact ASIC was also outlined, should a trustee consider they may have identified ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Mum-and-dad investors in South Australia have been caught out in a $15.2 million fraud carried out by yet another finance company operating without a financial services licence. ASIC has banned Jonathan Peter West, of Athelstone, South Australia from ...

More info online for Rio Tinto

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... billion Telstra Super announced it was implementing strong member protection and security questions to protect members from fraud. Telstra Super's member transaction area SuperOnline has undergone the first of a series of planned improvements over the ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... comes to real-time processing," said KPMG partner, Emery Feyzeny. "Given community focus on identity theft and internet fraud generally, this is an area which we expected 100 per cent of funds to satisfy," said Feyzeny. Participants will also need to ...

Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... face more threats of industrial espionage online through malicious software technology often associated with credit card fraud, warns an IT security expert. At a time when banks, fund managers and super funds already have their hands full with online ...

SocGen exec quits after insider trading probe

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... media statement. This latest case of insider trading at SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale follows one of the highest profile fraud cases in financial history last year. SocGen was left fighting for its reputation last year following $8.2 billion in losses ...

Telstra Super fights fraud through tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
New security questions and stronger member protection - the $9 billion Telstra Super is combating fraud by implementing tougher technology barriers to make its transaction services safer for members. According to a media statement, Telstra Super's member ...

Perth stockbroker gets ban for life

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... jail sentence but a WA-based stockbroker has been permanently banned from providing financial services after a $9 million fraud. ASIC has permanently banned Jonathan Kur of Dianella, Western Australia from providing financial services after cheating ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... the Financial Services Authority in the UK. Dan Foody, vice president of Progress Actional said following the high-profile fraud cases such as last year's Societe Generale's internal fraud showed the necessity for real time risk assessment. "If you look ...